Shop replacing ac compressor ?! holy s@#!
Racer
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 300
Likes: 1
From: rochester new york
Wow im about to pick up a remanfactured ac compressor on ebay and have someone local install it, hopefully for around $300 max... My ac compressor has always made a loud clicking, then one day the clicking stopped and my air doesn't blow cold. The compressor still turns on though, its not seized or anything so I'm not sure what happened?
LP switch ( no charge ) perhaps ....
Pro
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 654
Likes: 1
From: chandler az
Wow, that is an expensive compressor. I think I paid just under $1000 to put an entire new Vintage Air system into a SBC 240z. Of course labor would have been through the roof, but I did it all myself and had to rip out the whole dash.
I'm not sure why they ding you so hard on the compressor. New rotary style compressors for other cars are usualy under $300 for other cars. Must be a special corvette tax.
I'm not sure why they ding you so hard on the compressor. New rotary style compressors for other cars are usualy under $300 for other cars. Must be a special corvette tax.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 2,938
Likes: 65
From: Rochester Hills MI
it seems that ac compressors have been a pretty hot topic on the forum lately haha. here is the write-up i used.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...-write-up.html
be sure to get 2 water pump gaskets. you do not need the water pump o-ring, as the water pump housing is still sealed when it is removed. it lists all the parts and tools you will need. you dont need a flush gun. a can of pressurized ac flush and an air compressor with a rubber tipped blow gun will work just fine. i flushed out every component when i did mine. i also replaced the accumulator.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...-write-up.html
be sure to get 2 water pump gaskets. you do not need the water pump o-ring, as the water pump housing is still sealed when it is removed. it lists all the parts and tools you will need. you dont need a flush gun. a can of pressurized ac flush and an air compressor with a rubber tipped blow gun will work just fine. i flushed out every component when i did mine. i also replaced the accumulator.
